NH group declares 'clothesline emergency'

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — It's been so rainy in the Northeast that a New Hampshire-based group advocating clotheslines in place of electric dryers to save energy has declared a "clothesline emergency."

To deal with the wet weather, Project Laundry List is asking people to use indoor drying racks — unless they're at risk for a mold problem. If that doesn't work, the nonprofit group recommends heading to coin-operated laundries, which generally use gas dryers.

The group says this is its first clothesline emergency in its 15-year history.